3.66 Bob Kauflin, Stephen Wellum, David Schrock • Interview • “Worship, Worldliness, and the Way of True Praise”

Timestamps to Know

• 00:27 – Intro
• 04:15 – How Bob Kauflin Was Introduced to Messiah
• 07:30 – Non-Christians Singing the Scriptures in Messiah
• 15:00 – John Newton and Handel’s Messiah
• 18:20 – The Means and Methods for Communicating the Gospel
• 26:02 – Leaders Should Bring Explanation
• 30:04 – Un-Training Musicians Out of a ‘Performance’ Mind-set
• 38:02 – Counsel for Those in the Arts as Their Vocation
• 43:07 – If Handel Were to Publish Messiah Today
• 46:14 – Pastoring Those With Gifts that Need to Be Dialed Back
• 53:00 – How Can We Magnify Christ in Our Focus?
• 57:16 – Sovereign Grace’s Advent Season
• 1:00:35 – Closing Thoughts and Outro

 Resources to Click

• “Profane Sacrilege or Redeemer’s Praise: John Newton on the Messiah and the 1784 Commemoration of Handel” – Ben Purves
• “Handel’s Messiah: Worship, Worldliness, and the Way of True Praise” – Bob Kauflin
• GLAD Acapella Full Album
• “The Handel Commemoration 1784” – Jenny Ruthven
• “The 1784 Handel Commemoration as Political Ritual” – William Weber
• The Gazetteer and New Daily Advertiser at Handel Reference Database
• “Newton Script to Interweave with Part 2 of Handel’s Messiah”
• “Fifty Sermons on Handel’s Messiah” – Robert Manson Myers
• Sound Plus Doctrine Podcast
• Theme of the Month: Handel’s Messiah: Singing Scripture’s Hallelujah
• Give to Support the Work of COA

Books to Read

• The Works of John Newton – John Newton
• Entertaining Crisis in the Atlantic Imperium 1770-1790 – Daniel O’Quinn
• Worship Matters: Leading Others to Encounter the Greatness of God – Bob Kauflin
• True Worshippers: Seeking What Matters to God – Bob Kauflin
• The Poems of William Cowper – William Cowper
• Handel’s Messiah: Comfort for God’s People – Calvin R. Stapert
• The Cross and Christian Ministry – D.A. Carson